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The Yarmukians in Jordanarticle 1993 • Kafafi, Zeidan Abdel-Kafi
Ceramic Neolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Kafafi provides brief descriptions of excavated Yarmoukian sites in Jordon. Kafafi points out the Yarmoukian subtradition is a local development and that the first pottery (crude, low-fired bowls) in the area appears in the Prepottery Neolithic C at ...'Ain Ghazalarticle 1988 • Simmons, Alan H. et al.
Aceramic Neolithic • Middle East > Middle East
Simmons et al. describe the findings from the excavations at 'Ain Ghazal, a continuously occupied site from early to late Neolithic. This is unusual as many sites were abandoned or show temporal gaps. The site also documents an economic shift from a ...